Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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22 THE QUIVER damaging the floor in the commercial room of the new high school. The lawyers for the plaintiff were Harold Howe and Ambrose Feeley, and for the defendant, Joseph Greenberg and Albert Mailloux. The jury, the chairman of which was Eugene Morrissey, decided the case in favor of the plaintiff. The judge, William Barry, decreed that Ethan Good-now should pay Card thirteen cents damages. The lunch counter in the new school, under the management of Mrs. Quinn, has proved decidedly successful. Fifty-four pupils formed a debating society, which for some weeks met on Thursdays after school. The officers elected were William Barry, president; Lorenzo Emidy, vice-president; Joseph Greenberg, secretary, and Charles McCarthy, treasurer. A constitution written by Joseph Greenberg was accepted by the club. Interesting subjects were chosen, and the debates were carried on in a lively manner. This society will undoubtedly be continued next year. During the past year great animation has been shown in the debates held in Miss Whittaker s room on Tuesday mornings. Some of the subjects discussed were the value of various courses in the high school, the value of football and baseball, the two-session plan, immigration, and neutrality. The following colleges will probably be entered next fall by pupils in the graduating class: Brown University, Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sweet Briar College, and Rhode Island State College. Many will undoubtedly enter Rhode Island Normal School. One morning in May, Mr. R. W. Reid, assistant manager of the Taft-Pierce Manufacturing Company, gave an instructive talk to the entire school on the apprentice and his opportunities. Mr. Spratt has organized a council made up of pupils from the various rooms. This organization meets weekly and talks over matters of school interest. Each room is represented by one member elected bv the pupils. The members are: Lorenzo Emidy, Cora Morin, Eugene Morrissey, Buell Card, Herman Poole, Avery Davis, Ethel Anderson, Laura LaFond, and Irene Long. Boys in the Freshman and Sophomore classes have shown much enthusiasm in manual training. Next year the classes will be held in the old high school building. The members of the orchestra this year were: G. Ervin Thompson, leader; Helen Dudley, Harold Smith, piano; Myron Pierce, flute and piccolo; William Kelley, trombone; Eugene Morrissey, drums and bells;

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Til ft QUIVER 21 Miss Knox, went through the Normal School in Providence. The students were shown the building by Professor Brown. Then they visited the Gorham Manufacturing Company. This year’s numbers of the “National Geographic Magazine” have been given the school by Mrs. Rachel F. Tucker. The pupils of Miss Whittaker’s room this year succeeded in selling 5 755 Red Cross stamps, which was larger than the number sold by any other rooms in the high school. A prize of five dollars was awarded them by Mrs. Rathbun. This money partly paid for a plaster cast of the “Flying Mercury,” now in Room 9 of the new school. In the commercial department, sixteen new typewriters have been installed, making a total of thirty-one. The present dictaphone is to be changed for a new model run by electricity. The nembers of Miss Mowry’s Junior English class have at various times during the year acted as critics in other English classes. This has tended to improve articulation and standing position, and has had other good effects. One day in the latter part of March, a special car took the Freshmen, chaperoned by Miss Whittaker and Miss Knox, to Providence. Here the State House and Normal School were visited. While at the State House, after being reviewed by Governor Beeckman and listening to a short address by him, the students were shown the building by Mr. Martin McLaughlin, a Woonsocket representative. During the past year Ruth Wardle and Olive White have been the pianists for singing. A series of debates have been held by Miss Mowry’s Junior English class, every member debating in at least one. The six best debaters were chosen for the final debate. This class has also had a spelling match, which was won by Nellie Woolley. One hundred and fifty new singing books are in use in the new school. The pupils of the Commercial classes have taken several trips to places of interest, among them the Social mill, the Alsace worsted mill, and the Alice rubber mill. At Christmas, the pupils of Miss Whittaker’s room collected warm clothing, toys, and eleven dollars in money to be distributed by the district nurses among poor families. Interesting addresses have been given to the commercial students by Henry Morin, ’02, Ralph Daigneault, ’u, and Leonard Girard, T7. The Junior college division of English had a mock trial, conducted as a debate. The plaintiff, Buell Card, charged Ethan Goodnow with

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2;j THE QUIVER Lloyd Arnold, Arthur Dauray, Joseph Grimes, David Falk, Grace Gardella, Henry Gaboury, James McManus, violins; Herman Poole cornet. A Picture of Shelley, Keats, and Byron has been given Miss Mowry s room by her Senior English class. November 13, 1914, the Y. M. C. A. gave their annual reception to the high school pupils. Inter-class games were played, in which the Sophomores won the most points. Each class had a yell, which was Kiven with vim. Madeleine Baxter, ’18, gave several recitations; Nellie Wbolley, ’16, sang two songs; and Mr. L. A. Morgan, social-secretary of Harvard, talked about “Fair Play,” after which Mr. Spratt spoke. Refreshments were served at the close of the evening. On Lincoln Day we held special exercises-in the hall at the old building. There were eight veteran present, who spoke very interestingly on subjects appropriate to the day. The pupils saluted the flag, and sang several patriotic songs, closing with “America.” On Arbor Day, contrary to the custom of former years, we had recitations the first four periods. After recess, exercises were held in the hall. Nellie Woplley, T6, sang “The Song oi .the Birds;” Lloyd Arnold, ’15, played “Liebesfreip” on the violin; Vincent Carney, To, read a selection from the Bible; the class of 1915 sang “Woonsockci High, a song composed by Harry Leon, ’14; and Professor York, of Brown University, gave an interesting and..instructive talk about trees. He explained how a tree grows, oi what it is composed, and- the result of breaking the bark. He illustrated his talk by cross-sections of wood from different trees. On May 19, the faculty gave a reception to the parents of the pupils. The evening’s program consisted of two selections by the Amphion Stringed Quartet, comprising Lloyd Arnold, first violin; Miss Ethel Woodward, second violin; Miss Louise Eaton, viola; and Miss Florence Whitney, ’cello; a piano solo by Marion Whitney; a short address b? Mr. Spratt; a vocal solo, “Will o’ the Wisp,” by Nellie Woolley; an address by Mr. Wendell A. Mowry, Superintendent of Schools, who expressed a desire to meet the parents individually sometime during the evening; and a violin solo by Lloyd Arnold. A speed exhibition in typewriting was given in the commercial room by the members of the Senior, Junior, and Sophomore typewriting classes. The building was open for inspection, and refreshments were served in the. lunch room. Mrs. Harry E. Davis has given the school a year’s subscription to the French magazine, “Choses Et Autres.” The high school gave a very successful entertainment on April 12,